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Masaharu Tada joins Daikin Germany as MD

GERMANY: Masaharu Tada, previously general manager of commercial sales at Daikin Airconditioning Central Europe has been appointed joint MD at Daikin Airconditioning Germany.

Tada is working alongside Filip De Graeve and replaces Kenichi Akamatsu, who left Daikin Germany last year to move back to the Japanese parent company.

Filip De Graeve replaced long-serving Daikin Germany MD Gunther Gamst in 2019.

Masaharu Tada started his career at Daikin Industries in Osaka in 2007, joining Daikin Central Europe in Austria 2018, where he was most recently general manager responsible for commercial sales in 16 countries in Central and Eastern Europe. 

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